House of Mystery #5

(August 1952)

Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check-- and Doublecheck!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

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Genre

advocacy; superhero

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Man with the Strangler Hands! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime

Synopsis

John Croydon commits a series of robberies and murders. When caught by the police he tells a fantastic tale: His hands are those of a gangster who died in a jungle plane crash. A witch doctor transplanted them to Croydon, thus condemning him to a life of crime. The police prove him wrong.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Top Speed Stops Spy (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Caravan of Miracles! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime

Synopsis

Peter Farrell has traveled the world and stole all the secrets behind miracles like the Indian rope trick and such. Putting them together for an US-American road show he is haunted by mystics. Farrell, however, is only hallucinating.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Double Mourning! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

An Illinois girl possesses the memories of a dead child.

The Man Who Was Death! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Fred Jones; Helen Jones; Ted Jones

Synopsis

Fred Jones believes that his touch causes death.

Reprints

• in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #160 (November-December 1974)
• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #18 ([March 1976])

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative.

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Previous indexer suggested Sy Barry for inks.

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Message to Parents (Table of Contents: 11)

public service announcement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Keywords

polio

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Necco / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Piece of Rope! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime

Synopsis

While rummaging through the house of a deceased man, reporter George Hackett finds a treasure. And commits a crime trying to get his hands on it.

Reprints

• in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #4 (July-September 1969) [splash panel removed]

Dead or Alive? (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Robert Louis Stevenson

Synopsis

Account of an out of body experience writer Robert Louis Stevenson had in 1892.

Reprints

• in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #7 (March-April 1957)

She Wrote What Ghosts Dictated (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Life story of Madame Blavatsky.

I Was a Witch! (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Howard Purcell

Inks

George Klein

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime; horror-suspense

Synopsis

Leslie Cantwell visits her brother Roy in the country. The failed painter plans to drive her to suicide to inherit the family money. Husband Bruce, however, can foil the evil plot.

Reprints

• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #33 (1959)

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative.

Now Published Every Month! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

House of Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

The Phantom Stranger; Sensation Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Secret of Treasure Cave (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Wilson Chem. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)